    [:app {:background-color (:marsala COLOR-PALLETTE)}]
    ;; maybe the image containing the rest should actually be an element
    ;; by itself?
-   [:.countdown__internal {;;:background (:quote-background COLOR-PALLETTE)
-                           ;;:background-repeat "no-repeat"
-                           :text-align "center"}]
+   [:.countdown__internal {:text-align "center"}]
 
    ;; countdown settings
    [:.timer {;:background-color (:marsala COLOR-PALLETTE)
              :border-width "1px"
              :border-style "solid"
-             :border-color (:dark-red COLOR-PALLETTE)
-             :font-weight "bolder"
-             :color (:deep-blue COLOR-PALLETTE)}]
+             :font-size "2em"
+             :font-family (:alex-brush FONT-FAMILIES)
+             :border-color (:dark-red COLOR-PALLETTE)}]
 
    ;; find us settings
    [:#map {:width map-width

(def main-page
  [[:.container (:desktop grid-config)]

   [:h3 {:color (:gold COLOR-PALLETTE)
         :background-color (:dark-red COLOR-PALLETTE)}]

   [:.countdown {:grid-column "span 2"
                 :grid-row 1
                 :color (:marsala COLOR-PALLETTE)
                 :font-weight "bold"
                 ;; might be nice to shrink this in theory??
                 ;; :width "50%"

   [:.language__detector__english {:grid-column "1"
                                   :grid-row "3"
                                   :padding-left "150px"}]
   
   [:.monogram {:width "400px"}]
   [:.language__detector__italian {:grid-column "2"
                                   :grid-row "3"
